Full Description
Greenhouse gas concentrations are rapidly increasing and pathways to limit global warming require fundamental economic transitions. Green Deals in the Making addresses the challenges and opportunities associated with the implementation of Green Deals, in particular the use of market-based instruments.
Expert contributors shed light on the complexities arising for the implementation of Green Deals in times of the context of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which puts considerable strains on national economies. Chapters present theory and empirical analysis of green pricing instruments and national experiences, assessing the critical issue of finance and recycling carbon tax revenue. The book concludes with an analysis of key issues relating to circular economy considerations and plastics in achieving Green Deal goals. A critical analysis of important topics is presented including green fiscal reform, carbon taxation and sustainable urbanism.
This timely book will be of great interest to researchers, students and scholars interested in environmental policy, tax and law, as well as the industry sector, policy makers and government officials.
Contents
Contents:
Preface xi
PART I GREEN DEALS AND COVID-19 RECOVERY
1 Environmental taxation from a European Union
perspective, after the Covid-19 crisis 2
Alberto Comelli
2 Environmental and energy taxation in the context of the
EU Green Deal and the recovery plan: the case of Spain 14
Álvaro Antón Antón
PART II GREEN DEALS - CARBON PRICING
INSTRUMENTS AND EXPERIENCES
3 Abatement in the EU ETS - evidence from Austria 29
Claudia Kettner and Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig
4 Implementing green deals in developing countries: the case
of the Mexican pilot emissions trading scheme 46
Bahareh Ghafouri, Joseph Dellatte and Sven Rudolph
5 Environmental neutrality: redesigning EU VAT neutrality
to support the implementation of the European Green Deal 62
Francesco Cannas and Matteo Fermeglia
6 Possibilities for a green fiscal reform in Brazil 80
Maria Carolina Maldonado Mendonça Kraljevic
7 A review of recent experiences with carbon taxation and
revenue recycling - lessons for implementation in Eastern
European countries 96
Mikael Skou Andersen
8 Sustainable urbanism, land value taxation and green deals 112
Paulo Carvalho
PART III FINANCING GREEN DEALS
9 Green finance: contribution to climate policy, supporting
factors and barriers 127
Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig and Angela Köppl
10 Greening South Africa's economy through carbon tax
revenue recycling 141
Ashley Baldwin and Lee-Ann Steenkamp
PART IV GREEN DEALS: CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND PLASTICS
11 An analysis of the Brazilian experience of plastic recycling
taxation 158
Lucas N. Holanda
12 Plastic free but no free trade? 170
Rodolfo Salassa Boix
13 Are plastic taxes environmental or fiscal measures? A legal
analysis of the Italian and Spanish cases under the circular
economy strategy 185
Marta Villaz Ezcurra and Marina Bisogno
Index
